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Objectives
1. To develop the measurement technique further, providing more accurate
measurements and extend the method to a larger number of trace species
2. To monitor the presence of CFC:s and other longlived anthropogenic tracers
in the stratosphere
3. To use long-lived anthropogenic species as tracers of atmospheric motion,
in particular for comparison with atmospheric models
Reserarchers: Descartes is a joint research programme currently involving
N.R.P Harris and J.A. Pyle, Centre for Atmospheric Science at the
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, U.K., and Hans Nilsson
and Johan Arvelius, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden